Past conferences
9th International SICAMM Conference
with BIBBA and SBA
“THE DARK BEE, OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE”
Aviemore, Scotland
6th-11th September, 2009
MONDAY
10.00 – 12.50 Biology and Conservation of Apis mellifera mellifera
10.00 History and characteristics of the British Dark Bee, Apis mellifera mellifera.
Philip Denwood
British BKA and BIBBA
10.35 A simple approach to bee improvement.
Roger Patterson
British BKA and BIBBA
11.40 A short history of Highland beekeeping.
Dr John Durkacz
Scottish BA
12.15 Difficulties experienced in trying to establish a reserve for Apis mellifera mellifera in Scotland.
Andrew Abrahams
Scottish BA and BIBBA
2.00 – 5.15 Ecological Considerations for the Dark Bee
2.00 Climate change: Nature’s strategy to survive.
Nils Drivdal
Norwegian BKA
2.35 The productivity of the Dark Bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, under Irish climatic conditions.
Dr Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda
Galtee Bee Breeding Group, Ireland
3.40 Genetic variability and introgression in dark honey bees from Poland.
Andrzej Oleksa, Igor Chybicki, Artur Dzialuk, Katarzyna Kowalska, Eva Sztupecka and Jaroslaw Burczyk
Department of Genetics, Institute of Experimental Biology, Kazimierz Wielki University of Bydgoszcz, Poland
8.00 PRESENTATION OF THE JOSEF STARK AWARD
8.15 SPECIAL LECTURE BY THE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Lactic acid bacteria - the unrecognised king of the bee colony
Dr Alejandra Vásquez and Dr Tobias Olofsson
University of Lund
TUESDAY
9.30 – 2.40 Honeybee Conservation Initiatives across Europe
9.30 “L’Arbre aux Abeilles”, French film with English subtitles about traditional beekeeping in the Cevennes Hills of southern France.
Film by Yves Elie
10.00 Scottish Bee Survey: a review of John and Morna Stoakley’s work.
Dr John Durkacz
Scottish BA
10.20 The Dark Bee in Wales.
Dinah Sweet
Welsh BKA
10.40 The Manx Black Bee.
Harry Owens
Isle of Man Beekeepers’ Federation
11.00 The status of the Irish Black Bee.
Dr Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda
Galtee Bee Breeding Group, Ireland
11.40 The situation of the Dark Bee in Norway.
Nils Drivdal / other
Norwegian BKA
12.00 The Dark Bee in Sweden.
Ingvar Arvidsson
Nordbi, Sweden
12.20 Dark Bees in Finland.
Aimo Nurminen
Finnish Beekeepers’ Association
12.40 Investigation of the Dark Bee stock in Austria.
(Review of the results of Martina Siller’s Masters Thesis, University of Vienna).
Balser Fried
Friends of the Swiss Mellifera Bee
2.00 The situation of the Dark Bee in Germany.
Michael Meinl
GEDB
2.20 Bright Future for the Dark Bee in Switzerland.
Hans-Ulrich Thomas
Mellifera.ch
2.45 – 4.0 Group Discussion: Priorities for Conservation of the Native Dark Bee
4.30 – 5.30 General Meeting of SICAMM
5.30 – 6.0 SCOTTISH HONEY TASTING SESSION
Morna Stoakley
Scottish Beekeepers’ Association
WEDNESDAY
9.30 – 12.30 Breeding for Disease Resistance
9.30 Hygienic behaviour and resistance to Varroa.
Observations of Ron Hoskins; presented by Dr.Dorian Pritchard
Swindon Honeybee Conservation Group
10.05 Using drone layers for breeding Varroa-resistant honeybees.
Prof. Kaspar Bienefeld,
German National Institute for Bee Research and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
11.10 Control of Varroa by grooming among dark bees in Cornwall.
Rodger Dewhurst
British BKA and BIBBA
11.45 – 12.15 The great survivor: Apis mellifera mellifera in Scotland in the age of Varroa destructor.
Dr Gavin Ramsay, John McLean and Magnus Peterson
Scottish BA
12.30 CLOSE OF CONFERENCE
2.00 – 5.30 VISIT TO HIGHLAND FOLK MUSEUM AND HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK
7.00 – ~11.30 HIGHLAND BANQUET AND CEILIDH
THURSDAY
21.30 Discussions with Orkney beekeepers
Stromness Hotel, Stromness, Orkney
Posters on display throughout the Conference
Queen related problems – how they affect the bee breeder.
Roger Patterson
British BKA and BIBBA
Online data processing and genetic evaluation for Apis mellifera mellifera.
Klaus Ehrhardt and Kaspar Bienefeld
Institute for Bee Research Hohen Neuendorf and Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
The effect of apiary location on cubital index and discoidal shift values in the black bee Apis mellifera mellifera L.
Dr Bożena Chuda-Mickiewicz
University of Szcecin, Poland
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Papers submitted, but withdrawn as presenters were unable to attend
“Climate change and reproduction of the Central Russian race of Apis mellifera mellifera, the Dark Forest Bee.”
Prof. N.N.Grankin and Vereschchaka, O.A.
Orlovsky State University, Central Russia
The Black Bee Forest Beekeeping Project on the Island of Bornholm.
Ole Hertz
SICAMM representative in Denmark
Implications of deforestation on common African bees in Nigeria.
Badejo, S.O.O., Ekpo, E.N. and Oyelowo, O.J.
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
Nils Drivdal (right) receiving a card from Dorian Pritchard on his retirement as Secretary of SICAMM
John Durkacz (Scotland)
Roger Patterson (England)
Hans-Ulrich Thomas and Balser Fried (Switzerland)
Tasting Scottish honeys
Uncapping machine at Struan Apiaries, Conon Bridge
Aboard the MV Hamnavoe en route for Orkney
Stromness Hotel, Stromness, Orkney
Orkney beekeeper Torquil Clyde addressing SICAMM delegates, Stromness Hotel, Stromness, Orkney
Left to right: Michael Meinl (Germany), Dorian Pritchard (England), Christian Seyffurth (Germany), Nils Drivdal (Norway), Tom Robinson (England), Philip Denwood (England), at the Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney.